TSL 3110 : LINKING THEORY TO PRACTICE 1.

Discuss the principles and underlying methods practiced in Malaysia primary classrooms 2.Compare and contrast the thematic approach in KBSR & the modular framework in KSSR.
Group 1 : PISMP TESL 1 JAN 2012 Akashah bin Osman Chai Xiao Ling Hema a/p Sriranga Pillai Ng Pin Ting Ong Pei Shan

2.Compare and contrast the thematic approach in KBSR & the modular framework in KSSR.

Approaches in KBSR and KSSR

KBSR
Definition Thematic Approach 1) A way of teaching and learning, whereby many areas of the curriculum are connected together and integrated within a theme. 1) It allows learning to be more natural and less fragmented than the way, where a school day is time divided into different subject areas and whereby children practice exercises frequently related to nothing other than what the teacher thinks up, as he or she writes them on the chalk board.

KSSR
Modular Approach 1) The word modular is an adjective that comes from the noun module. 2) According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2003), module is defined as: a) one of a set of separate parts which, when combined, form a complete whole;

b). one of the units which together make a complete course taught especially at a college or university;
c) a part of a spacecraft which can operate independently of the other parts, especially when separate from them.

Organization of the English Language Syllabus

Curriculum Content

KBSR Thematic Approach vs KSSR Modular Approach

KBSR
Listening and Speaking are taught separately. Each unit consists of activities which centre around a theme and from such theme the language is developed.

KSSR
Listening and Speaking are combined into 1 module. The modules are presented in each unit thematically linked to the situations. There are learning units they are based on three broad themes; a) The world of self, Family and friends, World of stories and World of knowledge. b) Each units will cover all the five modules in the following order:- a. Listening and Speaking, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Language Arts.

All the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing are not expected to be taught separately.

Teachers are expected to teach these modules separately and individually, and in sequence.

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